Monday 1 December 2014

Metagame Overview [17/11 - 1/12]






You can download data gathered here. Keep in mind that this time post is based on 1800+ replays.




Kal seems be a bit less popular compared to how much popular he was two weeks ago (24,19%, now only 15,69%). However it's still the most popular champion.




Since meta slowed a bit Ignatius  gained more popularity. It's mostly because his ability can give pretty decent amount of unavoidable damage.


Shaar represent agressive Stronghold with ability to clear board with Insect Swarms and/or Arkath's Wraths. She can be played also in more defensive way with Stone Shields, clearly much better pick than Kat.


I think Namtaru gained in popularity mostly due to performance of MnM_vs_Smarties during Road to Paris. It's decent hero with good spell schools to control the board, which like Kal has ability to finish with Time Jumps.



Nahla is losing popularity due to rise of Ignatius, however I would also blame clunky gameplay of Time Lock.


Not surprising that Kiril is played less and less, since control Kiril never was good in first place and in more controlish meta, Ignatius seems to be much better choice than Kiril in terms of agressive play.




What really surprises me is Invoker Namtaru, for me completly overnerfed and overshadowed right now by her second personality.



Same as Kiril, inferior to Ignatius in current metagame, which may explain popularity loss.


Morgan seems to be natural counter to Ignatius. So I guess the more popular Ignatius will be, the more popularity Morgan will gain.
 


Much less versatile than Shaar, has only one way to be played which is super agressive and has no ability to comeback after falling behind.